HAVING SOLVED ALL OF ITS OTHER PROBLEMS
New Jersey May Declare an Official State Microbe
(Thanks to John Lobert, who says "I thought it would have been E. coli.")
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July 31, 2018
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If the Passaic River doesn't at least a mention, there's going to be trouble.
Posted by: Clankie | July 31, 2018 at 11:51 AM
When will the New Jersey official sub atomic particle come out ?
Posted by: LeDud | July 31, 2018 at 12:14 PM
I thought for sure it would have been Snooki.
Posted by: Rudolph | July 31, 2018 at 12:16 PM
Chlamydia?
Posted by: Marc | July 31, 2018 at 12:20 PM
Whichever microbe is chosen the winner in New Jersey, it will be because it ordered a hit on the competition.
Posted by: Le Petomane | July 31, 2018 at 12:28 PM
I think I prefer Oregon's official microbe: Saccharomyces cerevisia, AKA "brewer's yeast."
Posted by: David H | July 31, 2018 at 12:58 PM
Ebola is at the top of the list
Posted by: JG | July 31, 2018 at 01:21 PM
Your Chris Christie joke here.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | July 31, 2018 at 02:47 PM
Syphilis is just so old fashioned, but always in fashion.
Posted by: Loudmouth | July 31, 2018 at 03:35 PM
Years ago, a NH legislature committee was debating yet another bill to name an official state product. Various lobbyists would pull strings for their clients to get some PR. At the hearing, I suggested an amendment to name a former governor the Official State Fruitcake. The proposed amendment and the bill went nowhere.
Posted by: Ralph | July 31, 2018 at 05:38 PM
Wow, everyone knows Streptomyces griseus is the most slutty microbe.
Posted by: Burt Macklin, FBI | July 31, 2018 at 07:24 PM
@ Le Pet - I agree and will name that candidate/mafia mobster:
VOTE FOR SAL MONELLA
Posted by: Slim Chance | July 31, 2018 at 09:17 PM
I think the spyrochetes are the absolute cutest. https://www.amazon.com/Giant-Microbes-Disease-Borrelia-Burgdorferi/dp/B000NO9HK2
Posted by: padraig | August 01, 2018 at 09:07 AM